A photo of a Busou Shinki MMS figure with Fort Bragg accessories parts.
I was only mildly intrigued when the lineart for the Fort Bragg EX weapon set appeared online. It only became a Buy It Now figure for me upon release when fan-modes (like the one above) starting appearing.
I’m puzzled why this Mecha Musume-ish mode wasn’t documented in the instructions. The artillery platform legs were clearly designed to double as legs for an MMS figure; there are peg holes of the right sizes and joints in the right places.
(Long-time Transformers fans will know the toys sometimes had features that weren’t adequately documented in the instructions. This was particularly true during the Beast Wars era and it was mainly a problem with Hasbro’s figures. Takara’s instructions were generally better.)
I can understand how someone might consider these undocumented features a hidden bonus waiting to be discovered but I’m of the opinion cool design features ought to be pointed out and highlighted.
That can be the difference between sale and no-sale.
Yeah, this reminds me how the Eris Microlady doesn’t document her weapon’s “hand bazooka mode” which is clearly a tribute to the old Super Microman/Galactic Warrior design and was shown on the Takara Hobby interview. Or that the pegs on AcroPanther are for AcroElsa’s winglets. Why wouldn’t they do that? Beats me.
Space constraints might the likeliest reason in the case of those Microman figures. There’s not much space on the back of the card to document everything.
In Fort Bragg’s case, Konami could’ve provided additional instructions on the official site. The company did just that to furnish additional instructions for Xiphos so it’s odd the company didn’t do the same for Fort Bragg.